Eredivisie · Match preview
NEC Nijmegen 2–2 
Excelsior
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Goffertstadion
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Match overview
Final score: NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Excelsior.
NEC Nijmegen are 11th in the Eredivisie table with 9 points from 8 matches; Excelsior are 10th with 11 points from 9.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: NEC Nijmegen L W W W L; Excelsior W W L W W.
In their last 5 settled matches NEC Nijmegen scored 2.2 and conceded 1.6 goals per game; Excelsior scored 2.6 and conceded 0.8 in their last 5.
The Eredivisie averages 3.8 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 3.6. Over 2.5 landed in 100% and both teams scored in 80% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was NEC Nijmegen to win at 50% probability; it did not come in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- NEC Nijmegen to win
- Probability
- 50%
- Outcome
- Did not come in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Eredivisie record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEC Nijmegen | 5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Excelsior | 5 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
Eredivisie average this season: 3.8 goals per match.
Eredivisie table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | NEC Nijmegen | 8 | 2-3-3 | 13:14 | 9 |
| 10. | Excelsior | 9 | 3-2-4 | 16:18 | 11 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
NEC Nijmegen
- HFeyenoord1–3L
- APEC Zwolle1–3W
- AWillem II1–4W
- HOlympiacos2–1W
- HTelstar1–2L
Excelsior
- AWillem II0–3W
- HSparta Rotterdam2–1W
- HPSV Eindhoven1–2L
- ACambuur0–4W
- ANAC Breda1–3W
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.
